LOVING THE UNLOVABLE
Life is full of people who do us wrong, and do not want our good – in our family, workplace, community and even in the church. It is impossible to go through life without someone hurting, hating and wronging you at some point. Some people will even intentionally hurt and hate you. They will mistreat and wrong you for no good reason. As a result, it seems easy and the norm to love people who love us back; but we find it difficult if not impossible to love those who hate and hurt us, to bless those who curse us, and to do good to those who mistreat us and have expressed feelings of contempt for us. These are people who do not deserve to be loved. Love’s Greatest Challenge But in the books of Matthew 5:43-48 and Luke 6:27-36, Christ throws a challenge to us to love our enemies – by praying for them, doing good to them, blessing them, giving to them, and even lending to them without expecting to be repaid – and this is what I call “Love’s greatest challenge.” But could anyon